Bad crash on Route 20

Three people injured this morning in a serious collision in which one vehicle flipped over and the other burst into flames are all expected to survive the crash, Shrewsbury police said.

The accident happened about 11 a.m. on Route 20 at the entrance to the Olde Shrewsbury Village Shopping Plaza.

Police said it appears John Ford, heading east on Route 20 in a 2013 Chevrolet Avalanche, attempted to turn left into the plaza.

The Chevy SUV collided with a 2005 Subaru Legacy station wagon heading west on the other side of the road, police said. The Subaru was driven by Steven Diaz of Nashua, N.H.

The Avalanche came to rest upside down on the side of the road, while the station wagon ended up a few feet away in the mall parking lot, its front end smashed. The Subaru briefly caught fire, but the fire was quickly extinguished, police said.

Three people were taken by ambulance to UMass Memorial Medical Center -- University Campus in Worcester with injuries that were not life-threatening injuries, police said.

The cause of the crash is being investigated by Officer Richard H. Fiske, the department's accident reconstructionist.